Friday, July 16, 2010
Against the Law
As unprecedented numbers of Americans become refugees in their own country as a result of banking fraud and government corruption, the concept of internally displaced persons — usually thought of as something that happens in the Third World — becomes a reality to grapple with. With housing, health and work out of reach for tens of millions, the United States is coming to resemble a checkerboard refugee camp. While we have grown accustomed to no go zones and other pockets of poverty, the multiple-tenant rentals and compulsory car camping phenomena signal a slipping social stability with no solution in sight.
Perhaps young people now facing these barriers to a decent future will come up with something creative, but when the law is against you, the only way out is against the law.
Perhaps young people now facing these barriers to a decent future will come up with something creative, but when the law is against you, the only way out is against the law.
